We’re continuing our discussion about how you can develop new engineering managers: the elements of your training program.
(Part one: Everyone talks about it, but no one does it.)
Episode 22
When you as the manager treat your peers, other managers in the organizations as your first team, it changes your stance. It changes the way you work. It creates intentionally a set of allies…
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How can you build trust as a leader? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Michael Lopp discuss the small practices that make a good leader. Listen to learn about building trust, respect…
What can nature teach us about how to get the most from our organizations? In this episode, Marcus welcomes Dr. Kathleen Allen to discuss changing our perspectives of assigning…
Episode 20
At Stripe, guest Will Larson received his first official management training by an employer. It taught him about different management…
Last week a lot of you told me you were on board with the ideas about a future where all programmers had a great boss, on a safe team, in a productive environment.
This week I’ve been wordsmithing a vision and mission and wanted to share a working draft…
Are you a resilient manager? Do you want to become one? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Lara Hogan discuss what it means to be a resilient manager. She will discuss some…
On Wednesday I mentioned that I’d fired Jack out-of-the-blue rather than put him on a PIP.
He didn’t pick up on my “performance hints”, so he never really knew there was a problem.
I’ve been helping a client hire Engineering Managers the past few months, so interviewing (on both sides of the table) is on my mind.
Here are four mistakes to avoid when interviewing for a job.